Fireless brooder.



Patented Jan. 17, 1911.

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CHARLES A. DYSLE, OF GRATON, CALIFORNIA.

FIRELESS BROODER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 17, 1911.

Application filed February 21, 1910. Serial No. 544,975.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, CHARLES A, DYsLn, citizen of the United States,residing at Graton, in the county of Sonoma and State of California,have invented new and useful Improvements in Fireless Brooders, of whichthe following is a specification.

This invention relates to brooders, and particularly pertains to atireless brooder.

It is the object of this invention to provide a brooder for sheltering`and mothering young chicks, in which the necessary warmth required forthe preservation and health of the young fowls is generated by the heatradiating from their bodies, and which is retained by the use ofnon-conducting coverings, such as wool fabrics and the like, thusdispensing with the use of artificial heat usually employed in brooders.

A further object is to provide means for adjusting the brooder to usefor chicks of several sizes, and particularly to supply a means forfurnishing proper and essential ventilation.

The invention consists of the parts and the construction and combinationof parts as hereinafter more fully described and claimed, havingreference to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a verticalsection of the invention ou the line Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a plan view witha portion of the cover broken away. Fig. 3 is a fragmentary section of aportion of the hover.

In the drawings, A represents the casing or side portion of the brooderwhich is constructed in the form of a hoop or ring usually made ofsheet-metal, such as galvanized iron, and about six or eight inches inheight. The inside of the casing A is lined with a non-conductor of heatand cold, such as felt or other woolen fabrics, indicated at 2, andparticularly designed to keep in the heat and exclude the cold. Thecasing A is provided with a swinging curved door 4, hinged at 5, andlocked by a suitable catch 6. A conical shaped cover 7 is provided andhas an opening 8 at its apex through which heated air may rise and passout of the brooder. The lower edge of the cover 7 is adapted to extendbeyond the sides of the casing A so as to form an overhanging eave, andthe cover is spaced a little above the casing A by the brackets or legs9 which are secured to the inside of the cover 7 near its lower edge anddisposed at suitable intervals thereon. The lower ends of these legs 9are formed hook-shape, or flanged, as shown at 10, to adapt them to restremovably upon the upper edge of the casing or wall A, so as to elevatethe cover 7 above the casing A and thus form a fresh air inlet, and alsoto allow the cover to be easily removed when it is desired to have.access to the inside of the brooder.

Within the brooder is a hover for the chicks formed of an octagonalsheet of fabric 11 stretched across th-e inside of the casing A and heldin place by means of hooks 1.2, one of which is placed at each angle ofthe sheet 11 and is adapted to pass through corresponding perforations13 in the casing r As a means of adjusting the sheet 11 at differentheights in the casing A, so as to accommodate the brooder to chicks ofvarious sizes and ages, the perforations 13 are arranged in verticalrows, as shown, so that the hover may be hung at different levels fromthe ground or floor. The under side of the sheet 11 is provided with anumber of depending strips of flannel or felt 16 which are sewed on thesheet 11 in rows at intervals of about one inch apart, and between whichstrips 16 the chicks seek shelter and warmth.

In the application of the invention, the sheet 11, with its dependingstrips 1G, is arranged in the casing A according to the size of theyoung fowls to be mothered, the hooks 12 engaging the lowermost oftheperforations 13 for small sized chicks, or the uppermost series ofperforations for the largest chicks. The casing A is then preferablyplaced upon a bedding of straw or on dry ground or on the floor, as thecase may be, and the cover 7 placed thereon. The young chicks may beplaced within the brooder either through the door opening or by removingthe cover 7 and placing them under the sheet 11 by loosening one of thehooks 12 and lifting a portion of the sheet 11 upward. The brooder beingplaced on the ground, and the door 4 opened, the chicks are free to runin and out of the device at will.

The animal heat generated by the brood of chicks is found by experienceto be quite suflicient, even in freezing weather, to warm the interiorof the brooder sutliciently; and the space between the casing A andcover 7, in conjunction with the opening 8 in the apex of the latter,permits of a free circula- The adjustment of the hover to differentlevels to adapt it for chicks of different sizes. 5th. The making of thecasing round y so that there are no angles or corners into which thechicks may become jammed or lost and confused, and padding the inside ofthis round casing, and aording a passageway all around it on the insideand between it and the pendent hover flaps 16, so that the chicks caneasily get out whenever the door is opened without blindly running backand forth into some dark angle or corner, as in the case of the use ofthe ordinary square or polygonal brooder.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent is l. A brooder comprising a cylindrical casing padded onthe inside, a hover consisting of a horizontally arranged strip offabric with pendent strips between which the chicks may move, andfastening devices forming horizontal extensions of the hover and adaptedto engage the vertical wall of the casing to adjustably suspend thehover.

2. A brooder comprising a cylindrical casing padded on the inside, ahover consisting of a horizontally arranged strip of fabric, said fabrichaving pendent strips between which the chicks may move, and having itsedges provided with fastenings, the vertical wall of the casing havingmeans for engaging said fastenings and suspending the hover at differentdistances from the bottom of the casing. I n

3. A brooder comprising a cylindrical casing padded on the inside, ahover consisting of a horizontally arranged strip of fabric with pendentstrips between which the chicks may move, fastening devices on the outeredges of the hover and vertical rows of co-acting fastening members withwhich the first-named members engage to hold the hover at differentelevations, and a conical hood or cover for the casing having its loweredge overhanging and slightly spaced above the top of the casing.

4l. A brooder comprising a cylindrical casing padded on the inside, ahover consisting of a horizontally arranged strip of fab'- ric withpendent strips between which the chicks may move, and interengagingfastenings between the outer edge of the hover and the vertical wall ofthe casing, the fastenings o-n the casing being in vertical rows toallow the hover to be adjusted to different elevations.

5. In a brooder, the combination of a.

cylindrical casing, a horizontally supported hover therein, a conicalhood covering and resting on the casing, and means for supf porting thehover at different levels, said means including vertical rows ofperforations in the side walls of the casing and hook members on theedges of the hover detachably engaging said perforations.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

CHARLES A. DYSLE. lVitnesses:

I-I. L. ATKINSON, LILLIAN MATZEN.

